Comments on: Testilying in traffic court http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: anothervictim http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-31958 anothervictim Tue, 20 May 2008 13:09:30 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-31958 Scott, You hit the nail on the head, most people let the anger pass and move on without taking a stand. I am currently involved in this issue and I for one have decided not to sit back and let it slide but rather I'm going to fight it to the end. I am an 8 year veteran and took an oath to "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC ". We are a country at war, we are sending our sons, daughters, mothers, fathers ect. to foreign countries to fight and possibly die, all in the name of protecting our way of life, a life that is founded in the principles that are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. It would seem to me that our troops are in the wrong place and they need to return to our country and root out those who insist that they can do and say whatever the want because of their "Authority" and put and end to their treasonous acts. No matter how minor the crime might be, we as citizens have the right to challenge any accusation against us and be free of reprisal for doing so. The average citizen needs to sit back and read the Constitution from start to finish and learn what it says, you'll be surprised to find out what your "Rights" really are and how much power the people really have, if only they'd use it. Nuff Said Scott, You hit the nail on the head, most people let the anger pass and move on without taking a stand. I am currently involved in this issue and I for one have decided not to sit back and let it slide but rather I’m going to fight it to the end. I am an 8 year veteran and took an oath to “support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC “. We are a country at war, we are sending our sons, daughters, mothers, fathers ect. to foreign countries to fight and possibly die, all in the name of protecting our way of life, a life that is founded in the principles that are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. It would seem to me that our troops are in the wrong place and they need to return to our country and root out those who insist that they can do and say whatever the want because of their “Authority” and put and end to their treasonous acts. No matter how minor the crime might be, we as citizens have the right to challenge any accusation against us and be free of reprisal for doing so. The average citizen needs to sit back and read the Constitution from start to finish and learn what it says, you’ll be surprised to find out what your “Rights” really are and how much power the people really have, if only they’d use it. Nuff Said

]]> By: SaucyVixen http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-2934 SaucyVixen Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:29:01 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-2934 Back when I was interning at the PD's office in CT, my boss and I had a discussion about perjury. There's clearly a conflict of interest of sorts with the prosecutors prosecuting the cops (what with them being on the same side and all). The solution? A separate, autonomous unit that handles perjury cases exclusively. That way they may be more apt to prosecute their own, avoiding the discrepancy between defense and prosecution witnesses that are charged with and prosecuted with perjury. Back when I was interning at the PD’s office in CT, my boss and I had a discussion about perjury. There’s clearly a conflict of interest of sorts with the prosecutors prosecuting the cops (what with them being on the same side and all).

The solution?

A separate, autonomous unit that handles perjury cases exclusively. That way they may be more apt to prosecute their own, avoiding the discrepancy between defense and prosecution witnesses that are charged with and prosecuted with perjury.

]]> By: Scott Greenfield http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-2744 Scott Greenfield Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:34:25 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/07/14/testilying-in-traffic-court/#comment-2744 Thanks for bringing this out. While the stories about testilying are hardly new, we need to keep hammering them and reminding everyone that this happened, happens and will happen. The momentary outrage (if any) quickly passes and people fall back into complacency and testilying goes on as always. The thing that has always bugged the hell out of me is that judges know this as well as anyone. So why it this okay with them? This makes them complicit in the perjury, and they seem to be okay with that. I appreciate why, given the cop mentality, they can rationalize perjury. I can find no similar understanding of judges. It saddens me deeply for our society, and reduces to cynicism our glorious platitudes that hide the ugly reality. SHG Thanks for bringing this out. While the stories about testilying are hardly new, we need to keep hammering them and reminding everyone that this happened, happens and will happen. The momentary outrage (if any) quickly passes and people fall back into complacency and testilying goes on as always.

The thing that has always bugged the hell out of me is that judges know this as well as anyone. So why it this okay with them? This makes them complicit in the perjury, and they seem to be okay with that. I appreciate why, given the cop mentality, they can rationalize perjury. I can find no similar understanding of judges. It saddens me deeply for our society, and reduces to cynicism our glorious platitudes that hide the ugly reality.

SHG

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